JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: PERSPECTIVE ON CHINA'S CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK AND THE HUGE AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY IT RECEIVES - GIVEN WHAT NOW APPEARS TO BE ITS RELATIVELY LOW THREAT LEVEL, THE PUBLICITY IS OUT OF ALL PROPORTION - THE MANY COSTLY STEPS CHINA IS TAKING TO REASSURE THE WORLD - HAS THIS BECOME PART OF WASHINGTON'S NASTY HYBRID WAR ON CHINA'S SUCCESS AND INFLUENCE? - WE EVEN HAVE A CASE OF WHAT COULD BE CIA DISINFORMATION

John Chuckman


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We are having far too much hype about this virus. It is unwarranted.

First, China is making a huge, unprecedented effort to control it. Closing down places. Building a special hospital. Working round-the-clock on vaccines. They want to reassure the world.

They've already developed a test which tells whether you have it in 15 minutes or less.

The fact is that the death rate thrown around for this virus is wildly exaggerated.

Why? Its effects on many are just so mild that it goes unreported in large numbers. The reported deaths are actually a much smaller percentage of a much larger infected population.

I do believe the very fact that we are talking about China, the target of a massive American hybrid war against its success and influence in the world, plays a role in some of the hype.

There is even stuff on the Internet about the virus being a biological warfare project accidently released. Likely CIA disinformation to scare people.